Why Britain needs Asia
In the wake of Trump’s turn against Ukraine, the UK must coordinate with both its European and Asian allies.
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Can the British Council be saved?
CEO Scott McDonald on an imperilled institution.
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The return of the Americosceptic Tory
Donald Trump’s presidency has already reshaped UK politics.
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How will Britain pay for higher military spending?
The defence budget is already a procurement disaster.
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Where to find meaning
As Christianity in Britain declines, two new books ask: what should we believe in now?
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How will Britain defend itself?
Government needs to be totally rethought if the UK is to fill the “gaping holes” in its military preparedness.
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Britain is trapped in the Long Seventies
Thatcherism is a dead ideology – so why does it still confine our economic imagination?
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Cruel Britannia
The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.
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The cost of net zero in the town that steel built
Labour’s climate push risks leaving Scunthorpe behind.
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Can Labour’s £315m school breakfast plan save a generation?
Without supporting the 900,000 children below the poverty-line who are ineligible for free lunchtime food, the policy risks being undermined.
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Class war: the battle over private schools
Labour must recover its radical tradition and close Britain’s education privilege gap.
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Did the Tories create modern Britain?
A revisionist history claims the postwar consensus was shaped by Conservative visions.
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The left is waking up to the immigration crisis
Keir Starmer’s relaunch speech was a belated recognition of a collective political madness.
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The rise of machinepolitik
In this era of raw power, Labour must find a new statecraft.
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Keir Starmer must remember his mission
During the election, Labour promised to empower Britain. Now is the time to make that happen.
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Britain needs this assisted dying bill
My brother took his own life while suffering with kidney cancer. No one with a terminal illness should have that…
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The spectre of Winston Churchill
The great wartime leader continues to haunt British politics and identity.
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Zionism’s long 20th century
With the Middle East in flames, Britain’s relationship with Israel will transform again.
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What is Starmer’s story?
England’s summer riots have violently exposed the failure to resolve our national question.
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Keir Starmer’s hard road ahead
Labour’s project to rebuild Britain is serious – but the odds are stacked against them.
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